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develop my herd for size, bone, flesh and milk- 

 ing qualities. 



"My herd bull Secret Robin should fill this 

 bill. He is a deep, broad, thick-fleshed, smooth, 

 white three-year-old bull weighing 2000 pounds in 

 farm condition with ordinary care and promises 

 to be as good as his splendid ancestry suggests. 

 His sire, Linwood Victorious, bred by Forbes & 

 Son was a very massive, short-legged, wide-out, 

 smooth, beefy bull and a double grandson of imp. 

 Cock Robin. Secret Robin's dam, Snow Secret, 

 is a half sister to the grandam of Lady Supreme, 

 International grand champion female, 1920, 

 both sired by Ingle Lad by imp. Collynie. His 

 grandam, Wistful, is a half sister to the dam of 

 Lespedeza Collynie, International grand cham- 

 pion bull, 1919, both sired by imp. Collynie. (See 

 H. M. Hill sketch.) 



"We have in our herd one real cow, sired by 

 imp. Collynie; one, a half sister to the $3500 

 Cherry Blossom, sired by the grand champion, 

 Searchlight ; another, a large, deep, wide, smooth 

 heavy milker, by Hampton Spray, her grandam 

 by imp. Collynie ; Dale's Superb by Master of the 

 Dales, a direct descendant of Sempstress of Oak- 

 land 8th of Mr. Pott's famous show herd and 

 the dam of fifteen calves ; one granddaughter of 

 Glenfoyle Magnet, with yearling heifer from 

 imp. Village Maid foundation; one wide, thick- 

 fleshed heifer by Baron Excelsior, a grandson 



